The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday that prices of beans, eggs, yam, and other food items rose significantly in August.
The NBS stated this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for August 2024 released in Abuja.
The bureau noted that the average price of 1kg of brown beans increased by 271.55 percent from N692.95 in August 2023 to N2, 574.63 last month.